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Expedition Reports

The following notes summarise reports from the supported expeditions from 2009 to 2019. Reports can be refined by geographical area and purpose.

455 Expeditions found

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Map of China

British Nganglong Kangri

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/43
August - September 2004
John Town with Derek Buckle, Toto Gronlund and Martin Scott
Continuing the leader's exploration of remote areas of Tibet, this year's project took him and his companions from Kathmandu 1,500km by road to Rutok County (Ngari Province) in the far west, where the Read more
Map of China

British Qomo Lhari 2004

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/40
April - May 2004
Julie-Ann Clyma with Roger Payne
Qomo Lhari (7,326m) in Yadong County, S Tibet (close to the Bhutan border) was first climbed in 1937 by F Spencer Chapman, but did not receive its second ascent until 1970 and its third in 1996. This Read more
Map of China

British West Sichuan

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/33
April - May 2004
Martin Scott with Geoff Cohen, Dick Isherwood and Bill Thurston
The objective of this team was Haizi Shan (5,833m) which lies in an area of West Sichuan not previously visited by British climbers and never officially attempted by anyone. From Chengdu, their approa Read more
Map of China

Gongga East 2004

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/13A
March - May 2004
Angela Benham with Chris Drinkwater, Titch Kavanagh and Andrew Phillips
Although rarely visited by westerners in the past, the mountains of Sichuan are now becoming quite popular with British climbers. This team planned to explore glaciers in the Daxue Shan mountains (the Read more
Map of China

New Zealand Unclimbed China

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/11A
September - November 2004
Sean Waters with Jo Kippax
When this NZ pair arrived in Chengdu en route for the Nyenchentangla East region of Tibet, they found that all permits for Tibet had just been rescinded by the CTMA due to illegal climbing by several Read more
Map of China

Huanjiang

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/08
February - March 2004
Ged Campion with Dave Appleing, Bruce Bensley, Stewart Muir, Ernie Shield and Dave Williams, plus a number of Chinese scientists/cavers
The original intention of this caving expedition to Guangxi Province (SW China), was to explore caves in Huanjiang, but unfortunately this area did not live up to expectations. They therefore moved - Read more
Map of China

British Qionglai 2004

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/05
April - May 2004
Tom Chamberlain with David Evans, Dave Hollinger and Andy Sharpe.
Mick Fowler's success on Siguniang (6,250m) in 2002 (MEF Ref: 02/32) has alerted other British mountaineers to the scope offered by the Qionglai Range of Sichuan Province, and this team hoped to climb Read more
Map of Nepal

'Eigerwand of the Khumbu'

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 04/26A
October - November 2004
Rich Cross with Paul Ramsden
Although appearing to be a very steep 1,000m face (very similar to that of the Eigerwand) on a stand-alone 6,070m summit, strictly speaking this team's objective forms the gable end to the long NE rid Read more
Map of Nepal

Teng Kangpoche North Face

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 04/22
October - November 2004
Nick Bullock with Nick Carter
'Officially' unclimbed, Teng Kangpoche (6,500m) had already been subject to an attempt by this leader in 2003, when he climbed a solo line, 'Love and Hate' on the NE face to the point where it joined Read more
Map of India

Anglo-American Changabang 2004

Himalaya – India
Ref: 04/45
September - october 2004
Ian Parnell and John Varco
The original aim of this team was to climb a new route on Kalanka and then a new extremely committing route on the S face of Changabang (6,864m). However, on hearing of a number of other expeditions t Read more